What's My Line? - Dorothy McGuire (Jul 25, 1954)

MYSTERY GUEST: Dorothy McGuire
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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[@tugginalong]

Dorothy McGuire was a great actress. Watch her in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and you’ll appreciate her work.

[@michaelrudzick1399]

DOROTHY Mc Guire was one of the very best on screen and when I wrote her many years ago she answered Rutsch ins neue with: I have been very lucky in my career and with the films I have made. And the photo with her and her dog Marco Polo is my special gift from this so warmhearded lady.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

She sent me the same photo.

[@martinschweisthal5560]

Sprach sie Deutsch? Es gibt ja einige US Stars, die gut Deutsch konnten / können. Alfred Hitchcock sprach nahezu perfekt Deutsch, Kirk Douglas, Mel Brooks, Vincent Price , Edward G Robinson, Mickey Rooney unvam, konnten und sprachen auch ein bisschen oder ein bisschen mehr Deutsch. Ich hab 2 Filme in der Dorothy McGuire mitwirkt, auf DVD hab ich, ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn und erst neulich hab ich mir die Blu ray von die Wendeltreppe gekauft, die von Filmjuwelen herausgekommen ist. Tolle Schauspielerin.

[@hayleyolson4050]

The consumate Disney mother figure, love Dorothy McGuire. An early movie of hers, "The Enchanted Cottage" is a gem if you've never seen it.

[@hotmarriedgays]

Dorothy McGuire was a superb, underrated actress. She is especially good in the 1946 "The Spiral Staircase."

[@wholeNwon]

I loved "Friendly Persuasion".

[@1977Suspiria]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, The Spiral Staircase, A Summer Place, Friendly Persuasion. All great.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@1977Suspiria Yes and she was very good in "Gentlemen's Agreement". I love that movie. Good cast, good story. I rewatch it now and then.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Need to check that out as well and "Friendly Persuasion". I think she was also in "The Enchanted Cottage" which was a very good movie I have been told.

[@1977Suspiria]

@@m.e.d.7997 Yes, the scene at the restaurant with McGuire & John Garfield was the stand-out scene of Gentleman's Agreement & it was the best acted.

[@andrewm5402]

I had the pleasure of meeting Dorothy McGuire in the early 90's at a screening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was walking with a cane. Someone asked her what happened and she said "I had a facelift," very deadpan. Sweet, funny lady

[@m.e.d.7997]

Always so pretty as well. She looks beautiful here.

[@scotnick59]

Great anecdote! = thanks for sharing it.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@Aritosthenes They were real natural beauties. Liked the looks of both of them.

[@johnbuggy9121]

Lucky man. Incredibly talented actress, and beautiful lady.

[@dougtagg9162]

I love to see the respect the panelists give to older contestants.

[@iacheson]

Dorothy McGuire, so charming..Just Loved her in Summer Place..& A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...

[@karenmallonee3867]

Two of my favorite movies! ❤️

[@JuanFernandez-jr2wz]

"A tree grows in Brooklyn", "The spiral staircase" and "Gentleman's agreement" were great examples of the talent of Dorothy McGuire, one of the best actresses in movies, with elegance and style.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

She sure was pretty, this Dorothy McGuire.

[@dearmakeupdiary]

Dorothy, what a beautiful sophisticated lady! I would wear that dress without a doubt today 🤍

[@igkoigko9950]

Beautiful?

[@mw54470]

I loved Dorothy McGuire in A tree grows in Brooklyn!

[@oksills]

Maurea Williamson My goodness! I dearly loved “A Tree Grows” and I loved Dorothy McGuire but I did not remember she was in it!! I’ve got to watch that again!

[@Playwright62]

She was brilliant!

[@randysills4418]

Gary Cooper thought that Dorothy McGuire was an inferior actress and was upset that she was slated to appear as his wife in Friendly Persuasion. I think she was a last minute substitute for that role. He changed his mind about her...

[@frankies9465]

Goodnight, panel. And rest in peace. From a simple better time. I love watching these shows and getting lost in the past on a lazy sunday evening before facing a stressful monday. I feel alittle less lonely watching these old shows. I hope everyone is happy and healthy.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

How nice of you. Thank you.

[@user-ru6mg5uu7i]

Well said. Thank you.

[@saran3214]

Invitation is a great movie Dorothy McGuire is in. Spoiler alert..she plays a lovely girl who has a year to live but does not know it. Her rich father buys her a husband to make that year a good one. It's really good.

[@sandrageorge3488]

I loved Dorothy McGuire in "A Summer Place" and "Friendly Persuasion".

[@m.e.d.7997]

And A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[@lllowkee6533]

A Summer Place has the best music score ever but the premise of the movie was so silly. One of the story lines was two divorced parents seeking custody of a grown college age son. ! ???

[@grego5284]

You're right, but, the wife and I saw this movie in the early 70s, and loved it. 😊​@@lllowkee6533

[@henridelagardere264]

*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945) ~ *The Spiral Staircase* (1946) ~ *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947) ~ *Mister 880* (1950) ~ *Invitation* (1952) ~ Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) ~ Friendly Persuasion (1956) ~ Old Yeller (1957) ~ The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) ~ A Summer Place (1959) ~ Swiss Family Robinson (1960) ~ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) These are the movies I have seen with Dorothy McGuire, who combined impressive acting chops and magnetic looks with natural charm and appeal, including her *top five.* She was at her most radiantly beautiful in _Mister 880,_ a perfect movie for the Christmas holidays.

[@igkoigko9950]

I enjoyed this celebrity guest more than any other entertainer. She brought out the best in each of the panelists: Bennett’s friendliness and honor, Arlene’s charm, Steve’s humor, and Dorothy’s cooperativeness. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the world were as ice as the people on this episode?

[@cesarcueto1995]

No

[@reneshay889]

Yes, the world would be a much better place ! 😀

[@reneshay889]

@@cesarcueto1995 You must be a very unhappy, troubled person. ☹️

[@deboraholsen2504]

Yes, Igko, your thoughts are my thoughts. This show and the people on it have become so dear to me that I find myself wishing I had been born in their time! Even if people in the world weren’t as individually nice as they appear to be on this show, at least everyone seemed to know how to conduct themselves in public, and profanity wasn’t an accepted practice in mixed company and the hyper-sexualized world in the media that we put up with today didn’t exist!

[@drumbum3.142]

*psst. Her Name is Dorothy McGuire.. 😐😉😊☺️☺️☺️😉

[@chuckc7375]

A very beautiful woman.

[@musik102]

I always think of "Three Coins in the Fountain" wen I think of Dorothy McGuire; indeed, she was probably on the show to promote the movie

[@janet8418]

I loved Dorothy McGuire in The Enchanted Cottage.

[@michaelterry1000]

In 'The Enchanted Cottage' McGuire played a homely woman. I am glad that McGuire got the part but the film had to keep telling the audience that she was supposed to be homely even though you could still see her beauty.

[@accomplice55]

And I thought Robert Young was very handsome!

[@michaelterry1000]

@@accomplice55 Yea, sort of defeats the purpose of the film. I think they remade that film recently

[@dancelli714]

Very funny the panel acting like they know it's Dorothy McGuire and passing to the the next panelist was a very clever joke.

[@tugginalong]

These old shows are cool. Mr Murphy of Murphy Beds was a guest. Colonel Sanders was on one episode (not this one) and no one knew who he was. Dorothy McGuire is a great actress. Watch her in, “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”.

[@sabinebeyer9249]

nice, to see Dorothy MacGuire here. liked her acting in The Enchanted Cottage very much. Actually I heard first the Lux radio version before seeing the movie, what a moving story and what a brilliant cast!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Good movie.

[@Poeme340]

Dorothy was so smart and lovely. She was brilliant in so many roles and brought class to any film.

[@WintersWar]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn she breaks the heart.

[@sitarnut]

The respect shown for the elderly second contestant when Bennett and Steve both rose from their chairs to greet her was touching, was how we were raised back then, and pretty much gone from the scene nowadays.. and Bennett's not the only one in love with Dorothy McGuire...she's lovely... they could have done the entire show with her for my money.

[@jess4metoo]

I noticed both Arlene and Dorothy also rose.

[@randysills4418]

I'm glad that the elderly lady won the full amount. That would be about $500 now, more or less!

[@robertholman8730]

​@@randysills4418 $50 was a weeks pay or a mortgage payment 😊

[@riveranormanf.8770]

Well-Deserved Best Actress Oscar Nominee for GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947). Leading Lady status from the 1940's, 1950's & 1960's. 😀

[@geoffm9944]

Dorothy McGuire was a delightful and excellent actress. She exuded charm and style. With this celebrity section of the show, it became far more interesting and entertaining when they changed the rules a few years later, where members of the panel could only ask the mystery guest one question in turn.

[@jadeshannon5583]

Dorothy McGuire was lovely and I think Bennett Cerf is very good on the panel.

[@bigoldinosaur]

"We used to romp through the honeysuckle together..."

[@bobronson5049]

i know Im quite off topic but does anybody know a good site to watch new series online?

[@sergiodakota4475]

@Bo Bronson i would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google :)

[@khalildiego4594]

@Sergio Dakota yea, been using flixzone for since april myself =)

[@bobronson5049]

@Sergio Dakota thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it!!

[@sergiodakota4475]

@Bo Bronson you are welcome :D

[@sharonjudd7786]

My 5 favorites of WML❤️

[@adamodeo9320]

Dorothy McGuire was an example of how classy people were back then

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

I always felt the same.

[@drumbum3.142]

Precisely. Never saw a Performance of Hers that I didn't totally Adore.. 🎨.

[@PBAncello-yl3kf]

From Gentleman's Agreement to Keep Smiling (Highway to Heaven) she was a lovely lady .

[@amberola1b]

I was always waiting for the moment when a contestant wrote their name on the board that John Daly couldn't decipher . Everybody had such elaborate distinctive hand writing .

[@philippapay4352]

The individual cursive signatures are all interesting to see, but Daly had their names on a card in front of him and had met them each ahead of time. You will note this especially when he has an Asian name written in the native calligraphy on the blackboard, yet he knows what it translates to in our phonetic system.

[@Baskerville22]

@@philippapay4352 Correct

[@jessicaphillips4542]

I only saw it once but he got it right

[@dutchtea8354]

7:26 All of the panelists stood to greet Mrs. Burright. (7th occurrence) At 4:54, Arlene asked, “Is it larger than Steve Allen’s breadbox?” (47th occurrence) Steve said “good night boys“ for the 34th time.

[@loissimmons6558]

The first challenger is another example of someone from NYC who identifies himself as being from Long Island. Mr. Murphy was from the Douglaston neighborhood in the NE portion of the Borough of Queens, bordered by Little Neck, Bayside and Little Neck Bay. A number of challengers from Queens in the earliest episodes of WML that survived identified themselves as being from Long Island and it led to a number of questions by other commenters. Here we see that the terminology was still in use by one challenger. However the final challenger, most likely not a native New Yorker, only identified herself as being from Forest Hills. That neighborhood is also in Queens and for years was home to the U.S. Open tennis championships.

[@kennethbutler1343]

I've been reading your comments on the various contestants in all these WML episodes, and you always have such detailed information to share!

[@robertholman8730]

I appreciate your comments that are very detailed and very informative 😊

[@robertholman8730]

​@@kennethbutler1343I agree 💯 😊

[@johnwettermark]

So THAT'S the Murphy of the Murphy Bed!

[@americanmanhood]

He's not the inventor. The inventor was William Lawrence Murphy, who was born in 1876. That was likely his son or grandson.

[@kennethbutler1343]

They said he's the son.

[@veralugo]

Actually the inventor was Lawrence Holmes Sr. who developed the Holmes Disappearing Wall Bed and built apartments in LA and Boston (I think?) that featured the bed. Eventually he or his brother Bernard sold the rights to Murphy who then changed it into the foldout we know today. There was a fraught court case about it a few years later.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

They said he was the son of the designer.

[@FreihEitner]

Ha ha ha, love Steve's suggestion to Dorothy K. about passing.

[@americandreamer6092]

Dorothy McGuire is so lovely. Just don't understand why so many mystery guests don't disguise their voices. They are famous and everybody recognizes them.

[@preppysocks209]

Some of them clearly wanted to be recognized. Their egos couldn't take that they weren't famous enough. Makes the game much less fun.

[@ToddSF]

The typical Murphy bed, back in 1954 and years prior, was found in studio apartments where there was no separate bedroom. Typically, such apartments had a rectangular walk-in closet with hanging space and a shelf-above plus a chest of drawers, with an entrance door on the short side of the rectangle. Then, on the longer side of the rectangle, there would be another door, either a wide single door or double doors, each of which were narrower than a typical door. You'd open the door or doors and there would be the vertically stored Murphy bed on hinges that were spring loaded to counterbalance the weight of the bed. The springs had two good effects. When folding the bed down to its horizontal position to sleep on it, the springs kept the bed from crashing down heavily onto the floor, and also made it easy to lift it up to the vertical position, which would have been difficult without the counterbalancing effect of the springs, given how heavy a bed with an innerspring mattress is. With the bed folded up during the day, if you walked into the closet, you could see it in there. I've seen many a studio apartment in San Francisco with the Murphy bed gone because the springs failed, and people sleep instead on a "Hide-A-Bed" sofa, which is not nearly as comfortable. I've also seen modern studio apartments that have a nice wall unit along one wall of the living room with lots of bookshelves and even some drawers -- and in the middle is what appears to be a set of double cupboard doors that go from the floor to the top of the unit, but are not really cupboard doors. They're just styled to look that way -- and they're really the bottom of a Murphy bed that folds up into the wall unit during the day. I've seen them here in the U.S.A. and on television on _House Hunters International_, typically in London, England, where small apartments are fairly common.

[@ironduke2000]

I live in a one-bedroom bungalow built in the twenties, and there's a space in the living room where a Murphy bed used to be. There's also a servant's entrance and area in the rear, with a broom closet and an ironing board that comes out of the wall, and I've speculated that the Murphy bed was built with a live-in servant in mind. It was very common for servants to live with their employers in the days before they were replaced by appliances. Only the rich have live-in servants now, of course, but even middle-class people had them as recently as sixties, per TV shows like "The Brady Bunch" and "Hazel."

[@slaytonp]

The program "Sam Spade, Private Eye" on radio presented an episode on 6/5/49 entitled, "The Corpse in the Murphy Bed." I wonder if this was the first mystery story to fold up a dead man in a Murphy Bed? I think this was not the only time a dead person was folded up in a Murphy Bed, but this is the only one I have a recording of.

[@santiagorodriguez3330]

my absolute favorite actress

[@CammieInOz]

One of my very favourite actresses.

[@glennklipp6398]

This episode aired the day after I was born

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

It was so polite and sweet how even the women stood up for the race track timer contestant out of respect for her age. Very proper in those bygone days.

[@44032]

John knows what the contestants do but he seems to have to read the signature to know what their name is.

[@Sylvander1911]

As was mentioned on an earlier episode, he's well prepped, but just filling what would be an awkward silence.

[@dianepowers9643]

Two of my uncle's trained and raced harness horses

[@Sublette217]

Sportsman Park was a horse track up to 1999 when it was converted to a hard-surface auto track but failed within a few years. It was demolished in 2009.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Surprised that the last contestant didn't bring in a few free samples to hand out!

[@robertholman8730]

😂

[@drumbum3.142]

I Also (see my Nanette Fabray post) ADORE This Gorgeous, Beautiful, Actress 🌈🎨 INSANELY, SINFULLY Underrated imho

[@peterchios9637]

The Epitome Of Game Shows. ☮️👊

[@mcbrion1951]

Just the Charm on this show makes one feel good, relaxed, happy and uplifted. Everyone is SO kind to everyone else that it is hard not to be smitten by everyone on the show. Where has charm and graciousness gone? It was almost a way of social life back in the 50s, even the 60s. And this panel exemplifies that warmth and goodwill to the Nth degree. It makes me smile and laugh. Yet, it also brings tears to my eyes for what we have lost, seemingly in the last 40 years ago. It was still this way in the '70s.

[@ironduke2000]

The lovely last contestant has the open-mouthed MM smile. Was that a "thing" back then? You rarely see it now.

[@ladya1953]

ironduke2000 Yes, Hollywood starlets were taught to "smile" this way to reduce or eliminate facial wrinkles. Some girls of the time did emulate the practice. I find it off-putting myself.

[@robertholman8730]

French women were know to smile to be more attractive 😊

[@jessicaphillips4542]

It’s the fan for me

[@iwinzeazy]

Just watched her in Ole Yeller😎

[@robertfiller8634]

In 1957, when I was 8 years old, my mom took me and three friends to see "Old Yeller" at a movie theatre here in Montreal. A beautiful memory! Dorothy McGuire, a charming lovely female and a much underrated actor!

[@vampyros1]

I had a friend in high school who was always bragging about his mother, Dorothy McGuire, having been been in the McGuire Sisters. Eric, you were a little annoying…

[@luvastandardbred8270]

Old Yeller! Heartbreaking 😭

[@leesher1845]

John Charles Daly just lapped up those compliments fed to him by Bennett Cerf.

[@imeanithonest5704]

Almost totally forgotten today.....beautiful ldy.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Comments left on prior version of this video: Saloni D 1 year ago I'm just wondering - what happens if the panel guesses correctly during the "free guesses"? Has this ever happened before? Serena Mae 1 year ago It has a few times. John would then still give the challenger some money & talk a little bit to them, that's it :) Saloni D 1 year ago Ahh I see :) I haven't yet any of the eps with that happening so thank you! What's My Line? 1 year ago According to producer Gil Fates, the main reason the free guess was eliminated was to avoid the rare occasions where one of the panelists guessed right. Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago Saloni D, check the episode just prior to this one dated 7/18/54 as it has Arlene guessing the occupation during the free guess segment. Saloni D 1 year ago +Jeff Vaughn Oh yes! I just saw that episode, and another one where Bennett Cerf guesses Marilyn Monroe's acting coach correctly :) Purple Capricorn 3 months ago I love seeing all of the panelist stand for the older people. I'm ashamed that my generation are so disrespectful. goldenthroat86 7 months ago Al Franken makes murphy beds? LOA1955 6 months ago (edited) As Steve Allen might have said: I Think Al Franken Beds Murphys. ;-) corner moose 3 months ago I see Dorothy hadn't given up her bad habits yet. Once she was sure it was dog racing, she asked several questions leading up to the big one. She must have been mightily surprised when she got a no. MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago If there's an afterlife, I wonder if they are producing a version of "What's My Line?" there. I just hope they aren't producing a version of "Queen for a Day". (yeah, I realise this comment is an odd one). Purple Capricorn 3 months ago (From watching this show in order), Dorothy looks great since had the baby. tiffsaver 4 months ago Steve Allen was a comic GENIUS. He never got enough credit. MegaWetwilly 1 year ago This is a great show, but i'm pretty sure it's rigged, if you watch the pre-64,000 question shows, and compare the show afterwards, they didn't get the guest as much as things had changed because of the cheating scandle of the 64k question, but still a good show. What's My Line? 1 year ago (edited) I'm always surprised when I see people that people really believe the show was rigged. What would the point be? There was only a token amount of money involved, and the show was never about making the panelists look as smart as possible. John Daly delighted in confounding them (while remaining technically honest) at every turn. The only rigging was the use of "gambits", where they fed a general line of questioning to the comic member of the panel to boost the odds of getting some laughs. E.g., if the guest was a girdle salesman, they might tell Steve Allen to ask if he would be likely to use the product himself, and let Steve proceed to the laughs based on the audience response from there. But that's as far as they went, and the point was never, ever to help the panelists guess the lines more quickly-- the exact opposite, in fact. You are right, though, that even this little bit of nudging-for-pure-entertainment-value was reluctantly dropped after the quiz show scandals-- producer Gil Fates said as much in his book. It's a shame, because that little nudge towards laughs that the gambits provided was the source of many a classic segment in the pre-scandal era. MegaWetwilly 1 year ago (edited) From reading the history of the show the reason the prize was only 50.00 was the show was just for fun, they paid the contestants $500.00 to appear, so money wasn't the problem, the contestant made money no matter what. I only thought that originally because a lot of game show's got busted for cheating in a big scandal and i mistakenly lumped WML in with them, they're great shows and thank you for posting them. Mark DeNio 1 year ago +What's My Line? The NERVE of some people, thinking the show was rigged! David Evans 11 months ago But why? There's not much money involved even for those times. And how would rigging affect the payout? The ratings? Who would benefit? And what about the risk involved? Would the benefits, of which I see none, out weigh the risk? What's My Line? 11 months ago +David Evans I've given up on trying to convince people out of their being convinced the show was rigged. It wasn't, but some people are going to believe what they want to believe. As the great Louis Armstrong said, "There's some people out there who, if they don't get it, you can't tell 'em." David Evans 11 months ago (edited) So true. The panelists, Dorothy in particular, were just damn good at it, that's all. Matthew White 8 months ago No whistling for Dorothy McGuire?? What the Hell Flike 7 months ago Exactly what I was thinking. NG D 6 months ago The stars in those days had class. Scott Evans 1 year ago Big laugh from Steve Allen @ 18:28 Carson was right -- Timing is everything! A JAXX 1 year ago That was a great show. torstvillinger 7 months ago Sir(s): If I may, whenever a Man might need, he can also use his E.S.P. among friends. Thank you. Et merci. --Jim D. Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago Bennett's guess concerning the second contestant was that she made machine guns. That was not said at random (!), since the lady was from Cicero outside Chicago, and it was there that Al Capone moved his criminal empire to escape the reach of the Chicago police. PepsiMama2 1 year ago Another one that the panel lost and didn't guess on purpose so the contestant gets the money... The panel has a soft spot for old people... I like that.. joed596 6 months ago thank you :-) Dixie Alexander 1 year ago Daly really should have used "Mr. X" for Mr. Murphy. Tony Morris 1 year ago Every time I watch one of these I am reminded of how people actually used to sign their names in cursive, and many of them so beautifully, especially considering it's a chalkboard. Dorothy McGuire was not only a fine actress but truely one of the underrated beauties of her era. daniel stanwyck 1 year ago Really clever, witty panelists. McGuire is a wonderful actress and beauty to boot. ALWAYS liked to see her and listen to her unusual, mellifluous voice. Mark DeNio 1 year ago (edited) Curioisity question: Why were Dorothy's and Arlene's blindfolds tied on and elaborate? Was that to prevent hairstyle damage? I wish there could have been simpler blindfolds sometimes. I think they almost missed seeing Ed Sullivan in his mask because it took them some time to get the blindfolds off. RayNDeere 1 year ago The tie was to help their hair. The elaborate blindfold probably to go with their suits. Later on, the ladies had blindfolds that went on like glasses Dixie Alexander 1 year ago Arlene didn't miss Ed Sullivan's mask :) 1013pka 1 year ago Love these old shows. I really enjoy watching them. Thank u so much for posting. Fabbiha Chowdhury 1 year ago Oh god when Mr. Allen whispered into Dorothy's their plan to pass and continued with the charade well i just laughed till i choked! [e-mail] Seattle 1 year ago in reply to What's My Line? For sure! I love the full shows too. And they won so many awards for best. I am sure they would be stunned to know that here we are over 60 years later STILL watching... on our portable devices and phones, no less.. and STILL thinking they were the best ever!! What's My Line? 1 year ago in reply to [e-mail] Seattle You're very welcome. I appreciate your interest in the channel-- there was so much of WML already floating around youtube, but mostly just clips, not full shows, and none of it organized and in one place. It's really nice to see folks watching these again. :) Aritosthenes 1 year ago in reply to What's My Line? It's such a blast of fresh air! :-) ....especially when one considers the amount of 'rubbish' that permeates the media today/these days.! yet another THANK YOU(!!) from another GRATEFUL viewer! LOL [e-mail] Seattle 1 year ago Thanks for the new uploads! I have watched every one of your videos and was wanting to find some I had not seen. Whoop whoop

[@alansorensen5903]

I always thought Dorothy and Arlene were readjusting their fake eyelashes after removing the masks, but I noticed Steve wiping his eyes in this episode, too. It must have been hot under the masks, resulting in a bit of irritating perspiration. Ya think?

[@morganrussell6783]

Beautiful Women I'm born in the wrong era 😪💖💯

[@hansendesigns]

last contestant, Zita Landy, became a painter. see her work here: zita-landy.com

[@jvcomedy]

Wow, if I'm reading this correctly she lived to be 99 years old. Thanks for posting.

[@kennethbutler1343]

Harness racing is horse racing...it's not the harnesses that are racing; it's the horses. Daly blew that one IMHO.

[@418-Error]

Kenneth Butler Unless he's referring to harness racing as if it were like chariot racing. Still misleading, by today's terminology.

[@anthonybopp4607]

In those days it would have been near-scandalous to refer to harness racing as horse racing. Harness racing was regarded as almost elegant entertainment, while horse racing was viewed as the purview of organized crime, particularly in certain areas of the country. A person of breeding would never be so vulgar as to equate the two things.

[@neilmidkiff]

@@anthonybopp4607 A great example is in "The Music Man", in Professor Harold Hill's "Trouble in River City" number, comparing respectable harness racing with races where "they sit right down on the horse" (or words to that effect; I'm quoting from memory), leading to Trouble.

[@mwilliams1330]

@@neilmidkiff I had to go back and see the lyrics of that song (one of my favorite movies). I knew the song was about the differences between Billiards and pool, but forget the reference to horse racing..good call.

[@sagarsaxena6318]

@@anthonybopp4607 thanks for putting it in context. It is quiet amazing how so many words come to different meanings & undertones in just 5-6 decades. It's like there is a cultural update every one two decades.

[@judd1157]

Mr. Murphy is actually Al Franken!

[@gregorykayne6054]

There is a slight resemblance. Franken's illegitimate grandfather!

[@user-rw2pu7fv3i]

I didn’t know (handsomeist) was a word. I thought is was (the most handsome). But if Bennett Cerf said it, it must be legit!

[@robertholman8730]

70 years ago words had a different interpretation 😊

[@dancelli714]

This is a continuation of the week before when Steve's tie had been un-clipped.

[@robertholman8730]

Not continuation 😮

[@WhatsMyLine]

Today's KZbin Rerun for 3/1/16: Watch along and join the discussion!This is one of those videos that, for whatever reason, drew a lot of comments from folks insisting that the show had to have been rigged (it wasn't). I gave up trying to change people's minds about this a couple of years ago-- those who think the show was rigged simply can't be convinced otherwise, having seen through the facade of the world's most nefarious conspiracy to entertain us. ----------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: kzbin.info/door/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?sub_confirmation=

[@jadeshannon5583]

What's my line;I'm sorry now I can say no.

[@paulbradley5842]

I wish they would bring the show back

[@artcaldwell3468]

The. Show. Should. Com back. For. Our. New. Kids. Today

[@golden-63]

*Murphy should have signed in as Mr. X.*

[@robertholman8730]

Agree 💯 😊

[@augerontgen8240]

It's a pity that the show mostly runs out of time when the last contestant appears.

[@leesher1845]

I know; I hate when they rushed the last contestant. It wasn’t really very nice or very fair to that contestant.

[@robertholman8730]

The last contestant walks away with the full $50😊

[@shirleymcclaran5581]

murpey bed was funny

[@leannsherman6723]

Yes, they should have called Mr. Murphy Mr. X

[@amberola1b]

I know this is ano odd question, but does anyone know how large the studio audience was on this show? 100, 200 people?

[@fredkruse9444]

This was broadcast from CBS Studio 59 (aka Brooks Atkinson Theater), capacity 1,069 per Wikipedia.

[@leesher1845]

I don’t know how that woman was the official harness race timer. She seemed like she was slow as molasses and was missing something in the area of cognition.

[@robertholman8730]

Very insulting😢

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

MANUFACTURES MURPHY BEDS OFFICIAL RACETRACK TIMER DIAMOND BUYER

[@terryniblett9329]

Dorothy...quit beating around the bush!!!

[@anaprado5282]

Na foto da capa do vídeo me lembra a atriz brasileira Françoise Fourton.

[@jimwednt1229]

The "Lady" diamond buyer's Adam's Apple is bigger than mine !

[@oswaldomilano3848]

I GUESS THey NEVER SHOWED THE audience.that mustA BEEN GREAT¡

[@robertholman8730]

The audience was shown numerous times 😊

[@randylovering24]

Flip some more cards

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

Why it's mister Murphy bed himself! ❤..... Jr. tho ❤

[@butziporsche8646]

Back when TV had class!

[@robertholman8730]

When people had class😊

[@tmac8892]

Elmer fudd in da house

[@k5laman]

Can anyone tell me the meaning of Arlene's French term she uses between 1:20 & 1:22 regarding Bennett?

[@ladya1953]

k5laman A bon vivant is a person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle, according to the dictionary.

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

John Daley lied about horses.

[@robertholman8730]

70 years ago certain terms were used differently 😊

[@allanshulstad8023]

Was Dorothy McGuire related to the McGuire Sisters?

[@accomplice55]

One of the McGuire sisters is named Dorothy, but the sisters are not related to the actress seen here.

[@thesweeples3266]

17:54

[@Baskerville22]

I've loved Dorothy McGuire since I saw her in Friendly Persuasion 50 years ago. The old lady racetrack-timer segment should have been scrapped. She barely answered any questions clearly and seemed befuddled. I would question her capacity to "time" anything accurately.

[@nancylee9014]

She was beautiful in that movie!

[@Baskerville22]

@Mark Richardson Really ? And you called me a "jerk" for my other comment

[@randysills4418]

Friendly Persuasion was when I fell in love with Dorothy McQuire and Anthony Perkins too...

[@Baskerville22]

@@randysills4418 Both ? Randy by name....

[@thezmanchar]

I loved this show but I cringed when they had guests walk in front of the judges. That was tacky.

[@robertholman8730]

This was done so the panel could get an idea of what their work might be. 😊

[@jauafonso]

If John Daly checked Wikipedia he would know that harness racing is a form of horse racing.

[@robertholman8730]

Wrong, this was over 70 years ago 😅

[@stephenvincent4989]

Again and again BC with the see thru mask sincerely ridiculous - his ego was front and centre

[@robertholman8730]

You're totally wrong 😮

[@evanshiong3557]

No sorry TWO days after 9/11

[@evanshiong3557]

The reason I mention that is because she lived through the two worst terrorist attacks in the history of the United States; Pearl Harbor and 9/11. And she continued acting into the 1980s. She was alive at two of America’s darkest hours.

[@preppysocks209]

@@evanshiong3557 I see you corrected yourself. Thanks

[@ToddSF]

For me, "horse racing" at racetracks is of two types, harness racing and, as Harold Hill put it in _The Music Man_, the kind "where they sit down right on the horse". I think that saying "no" to horse racing as something that does not include harness racing was downright disingenuous of John Daly.

[@bradtorville5526]

Agree, they might have qualified it but an outright no just doesn't seem right all.

[@MrRwk314]

Nascar and Formula 1 are all cars but you don't just call them both auto racing.

[@robertholman8730]

70 years ago certain sports were called by different terms of reference 😊

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I guess it was a lot of fun the way the panel played the Dorothy McGuire segment, but it wasn't very nice. How many times does Miss McGuire get to be on What's My Line.? They should have played the game. Jeepers!

[@irontribeissues9104]

Irritating that the grandma can’t answer her own basics.

[@robertholman8730]

Her voice was very soft, so John spoke for her😊

[@janetwilliams7665]

this show was definitely rigged as evidenced by an episode with Phyllis Newman that went something like this: First Panelist: Are you in the field of entertainment? Answer: No Phyllis: Are you a translator for the United Nations? Like that is something that would just come to mind w/o any question leading into that area.

[@brookehanley3659]

+Janet Williams I have to agree. Some of these questions came out of the air. Also the guest panelists were given questions to ask that would be funny. Some of these occupations were so out there none of them would have ever guessed them.

[@jvcomedy]

It just so happens I just watched that episode and I didn't recall it unfolding this way so I rewatched that segment. It came from the 8/27/67 show. When Miss Newman made the guess they already had 9 down and 1 to go so obviously had already asked many questions. By the time it got to MIss Newman they had determined this lady was involved in government services. No question was ever asked about being in the field of entertainment. The lady was from a foreign country and spoke with an accent and lived in NYC. After it was discovered she worked in government services Miss Newman asked if she had anything to do with languages (remember she was foreign, with an accent, living in NY and worked in government services) and she replied yes. She then asked if she was a translator which led to her asking if she worked for the UN. I thought the line of questioning was very rational and came to a conclusion that made good sense. You might want to rewatch it as it's not the way you recall it at all. There is only $50 at stake and the show would have absolutely nothing to gain by "cheating" because each contestant got the full amount no matter what happened. Actually John took some pride in fooling the panel. It was strictly harmless entertainment....nothing more. This wasn't that many years after the big game show scandals so nobody would dare go that direction again.

[@jadeshannon5583]

Janet Williams ;Yes I think it is.

[@jackkomisar458]

I don't think it was rigged. If it had been rigged, it would have been boring. It is the spontaneity that makes the show entertaining even 50-70 years later. As an example of something that could not have been scripted, take a look at the segment in which the panel tried to guess the occupation of a nudist camp owner. You can find it on KZbin as a stand-alone segment.